PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

The digital shift, to paraphrase Gil Scott-Heron , will not be televised – but it will be measured. Retailers and direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands that are now seeing their eCommerce sales take flight would be remiss to ignore the data being generated by the digital shift and the potential marketing opportunities.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Online sales are up this year — and brick-and-mortar foot traffic is down — meaning Walmart is about to find out in real time if its billions invested in leveling up its e-commerce capacity is making a dent in Amazon’s online dominance. of any retailer. percent during the same time period.

Digital Strategies 100

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Retailers are tapping into voice technology to help consumers order their favorite products such as restaurant takeout as they expand their artificial intelligence (AI) strategies. From 7-Eleven to Chipotle Mexican Grill, retailers are expanding their digital ordering strategy with the help of voice assistant technology.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2019

Digitally native retailers are opening stores to bring their virtual experiences into the real world, and Zola is one of the latest merchants to test out the brick-and-mortar waters. The wedding retailer opened a store in New York City’s Flatiron District that is billed as a “one-stop-shop for wedding planning.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Retail isn’t all about taking people’s money. Yet luxury brands have been slower than most other retailers to embrace digital innovation – for storytelling or for anything else. Now, they are increasingly realizing that their customers are on digital platforms using digital tools.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

It is the last — and possibly the most important — retailer to post second-quarter earnings. The ideal business model will be one where a brand can profitably sell directly to consumers either online or in-store.”. That’s exactly the thinking behind Macy’s Polaris strategy. When Macy’s takes the stage Wednesday morning (Sept.

Strategy 195

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

At first glance, 2018 is shaping up to be a year that has brought meaningful consumer, regulatory and legislative backlash against lax online privacy. What seems to be genuinely changing is consumer awareness of how privacy really works in the digital world. Except, maybe not. First, a few caveats. Privacy Changes. Privacy Punishment.

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Perficient

JUNE 24, 2023

In today’s digital landscape, having a solid digital strategy and embracing cutting-edge technology are key factors for business success. Without a Digital Strategy, your Business may Fail. It’s simple: change is tough for large corporations for a variety of reasons.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

In the retail world, one pachyderm has been learning to dance in all manner of ways, displaying the chops to tango, watusi and foxtrot as situations demand. But, other numbers matter in the retail world, and here is where there is steak with the sizzle. Not a bad haul in a digital world where Amazon is, as always, a formidable foe.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Go Global Retail announced its plans to acquire the assets of ModCloth from Walmart. ModCloth offers exclusive indie and vintage-inspired women’s clothing, shoes, handbags and accessories for 18- to 35-year-old women, while Go Global Retail is a brand investment platform for strategic investors in the consumer sector. billion.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 3, 2018

There is a correlation between an FI’s revenues and its digital strategy. A new report from advisory firm EY suggests that the more mature an FI’s digital strategy is, the more revenues it is likely to generate.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

Future Group , the Indian conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai, is downsizing its eCommerce division Retail 3.0 The idea was to convert the entire offline journey of a Future Group consumer into the online world,” founder Kishore Biyani said in 2017 regarding Retail 3.0. Shares in Future Retail rose 13 percent on Nov.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 28, 2024

In fact, according to Cornerstone’s What’s Going On In Banking 2024 report, 14% of banks and 20% of credit unions stated that they are less than 25% complete with their digital transformation. In the face of a digital vendor landscape teeming with activity and competition, financial executives have several key trends to consider: #1.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

At a time when the pandemic has seen a massive shift toward digital commerce, the Mexican arm of Walmart – the world’s largest retailer – is looking to leverage the river of remittances that its customers receive from the United States, and to keep more of that cash in-store. Pushing Digital.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 18, 2018

PREMIUM - The mobile app is at the top of most banks’ digital strategy. This is especially true for José “Pepe” Olalla, head of business development at BBVA Compass, the U.S. subsidiary of the Spanish bank BBVA S.A. At BBVA Compass all innovation initiatives fall under Olalla’s business development department.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Touchscreen self-ordering kiosks, a new mobile pay app, dedicated pickup areas for mobile orders, digital menu boards and, yes, in-store WiFi will make up its digital strategy. As a result, the company announced in 2017 that it would be closing hundreds of locations and is now testing new restaurant tech in its stores.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

That’s driven dealers and automakers to rewrite their business strategies with an eye toward creating new digital-sales tools that offer consumers more personalized, online services. car retailer AutoNation , told investors during the chain’s recent earnings call.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

But Vice President Alex Burgin of Authorize.Net (a Visa solution) told PMYNTS that whether talking to a retailer or restaurateur, every SMB recognizes the need to step up its digital offering for the coming holiday shopping season. An Uncertain Holiday Season.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Not even a month has passed since Julie Demarigny, a veteran in digital entertainment industry having served Warner Bros. and Sony Music, has joined West Coast focused Union Bank as its head of digital banking.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2017

This new role, which builds off his current position as senior VP, eCommerce, will focus on all of the company’s digital-related activities, with Moffitt responsible for transforming Office Depot’s digital platforms, driving digital strategy and innovation and accelerating its online and mobile growth.

Leadership 100

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

Everyone knows that digital and mobile services are key to success in the 2020s — not only in terms of more revenue, but also larger transformations. But that doesn’t mean all the players in payments and financial services have a solid or clear digital strategy.

Fintech 169

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

As Nordstrom ramps up its digital efforts, the department store retailer reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings. The retailer delivered total sales growth of 5.8 percent, but the company also saw an 18 percent increase in sales enabled through digital capabilities compared to the previous year.

New York 116

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

is in a race with its competitors and the increasingly digital future of grocery they embody. While players both big and small were making digital investments like online ordering and delivery services, the report notes, Kroger lagged behind and stayed focused on its stores. Terry Kelly, a principal at Bartlett & Co.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2016

The more consumers use their smartphones, the more consumers want to use their smartphones, and they tend to reward the retailers that allow them to do so more easily and effectively. That, in a nutshell, is the takeaway from Astound Commerce’s recently released edition of its annual Mobile Research Survey.

Digital Strategies 100

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2018

Peapod Digital Labs will also oversee the local brand Peapod, which Ahold said is the country’s largest online grocery retailer. “We eCommerce and digital strategies,” said Kevin Holt, CEO for Ahold Delhaize USA, in the press release. “As In that role, he was integral in the merger that created Ahold Delhaize. “We

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

.” “We are getting to reimagine retail and our business … expect us to test a lot and fail a lot,” he said. The retailer purchased a 77 percent stake in Flipkart for $16 billion in May of this year as part of its longer-term global digital strategy.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

He cited American Express’s acquisition three months ago of online lender Kabbage as an example. He uses 1990s Walmart as an example of a dominant global incumbent that went about its business while a startup from Seattle called Amazon exploded into the online retailing scene. Or consider Sears.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2018

According to an Automat study, about half of consumers are ready to use the technology, Retail Dive reported. “This creates an opportunity for beauty brands to provide assisted service online and offline not only where real human advisors don’t exist today, but even where they are available,” the report noted.

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Payments Source

MAY 29, 2017

PayPal has worked to build support from retailers and consumers, positioning it well in the competitive e-commerce game, writes Lauren Freedman, senior vice president of digital strategy at Astound Commerce.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2016

That just struck me as bananas,” said Josh Miller, an entrepreneur and former Facebook employee who joined the White House’s Office of Digital Strategy last year as its director of product management. In fact, according to some stats, the poorest Americans pay nearly double what the richest Americans pay for diapers.

Digital Strategies 100

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

Even a decade ago it was obvious that the rise of mobile and the expansion of eCommerce was going to have a transformative effect on retail. I think we’re co-shaping it,” Siddiqi said of the future of grocery retail, “and how it is evolving.

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The Paypers

AUGUST 15, 2016

(The Paypers) Macy's , a UK retailer, has announced it is closing 100 more stores by early 2017 while shifts its attention and resources to an ecommerce and digital strategy.

Digital Strategies 28

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

Diners will place orders via third-party online food delivery platforms, phone or the restaurant’s website. The new law would require most retail outlets to accept physical currency. From McDonald’s to DoorDash, restaurants and technology platforms are driving digital ordering innovation. to do so, per news in March.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

The kiosks are part of Taco Bell’s digital strategy , which is dubbed “All Access” and is geared toward letting diners interact with the company in whatever manner they’d like. When it comes to other technologies, he said the company is testing digital menu boards for drive-throughs in “a number of locations nationwide.”

Digital Strategies 179

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is driving consumers online to shop and pay, and their rapidly changing shopping habits are forcing merchants to rethink their digital strategies. Around The Payments Orchestration Ecosystem.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

The app is just one aspect of a multipronged digital strategy that grocers such as Sam’s Club are embracing to help customers safely and efficiently shop during the pandemic and its aftermath. These online orders may be poised to grow even more substantially, however. “I Technologies To Aid At-Risk Shoppers.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

The lingerie business is booming, thanks in part to Adore Me — a startup that has posted double- and triple-digit growth over the past few years and has shaken the lingerie industry to the core with its fast-fashion model, savvy digital strategies and inclusive “customer-first” mentality. Experts are starting to say yes.

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